Monday's blown call against Packers inspires T-shirts, sales

1:33 AM,
Sep. 30, 2012

Written by

B.C. Kowalski
Central Wisconsin Sunday

Last week's decisive bad call against the Packers irked a lot of Green Bay and football fans across the country, including Joe Opperman and Scott Tappa of Iola.

But the call also turned into an opportunity for the two, who created a pair of shirts memorializing the moment as the "Worst Call Ever" - a reference to the Comic Book Guy on "The Simpsons" - and orders are coming in quickly.

Opperman, 27, and Tappa, 36, immediately got to work after the game's finish on Monday Night Football on Sept. 24 with the goal of creating a T-shirt to sum up the frustrations of Packers fans. Replacement referees ...